Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Peter Townsend during a press conference following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Liquefaction following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. People searching for missing family and friends report to the Papanui Police to file reports".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Quake: Lyttelton: Rev Neil Struthers at the Holy Trinity Church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Loffhagen, owner of Simply Catering, stands on the old site on the corner of Madras Street and Salisbury Street where he wrote a message on the wall the day the old building was brought down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Samson, a cat belonging to Helen Milner and Barry Hayton, who went missing after the Canterbury earthquake and returned five weeks later".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as supermarket staff start to clean up".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Taking refuge at Linwood College, the McLeod family are too scared to go back to their house. From left: Lorraine McLeod, Aaron McLeod (11) and Grant McLeod".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage following the 7.1 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Backside of shops on corner of Victoria Street and Papanui Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Eileen Woolf and her husband Bevin are now living in a caravan and motor home on their front lawn after the September 4 M7.1 earthquake has left their Pine Beach home unlivable".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Heading over Bridle Path to Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Olwyn Barkle, along with other disadvantaged earthquake victims from Christchurch, spent the day at Motuihe Island where the Mad Butcher arrived as Santa, courtesy of Westpac".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nancy Clarke, 75, in her destroyed Bexley home".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Road cracks".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A piece of rock from the Sydenham Historic Church under his arm. The church was demolished on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Xavier Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of the International Paralympic Committee, inspecting QE2 after the quake for the upcoming IPC Athletics World Champs".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage to property corner Oxford Street and Sumner Road, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Inside the Press building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fallen rocks in the Port Hills after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Nelson College for Girls year 12 leaders (from left) Sophie Day, Petra Matz, Sascha Miller, Jessica Rose, Kate Mickleson, Ming Pons, Emma Dallison, Yvette Jones-White, Nicola Britten, Eilish Wilson, Zoey Coombs-King, Abigail Goodison and Mackenzie Orange have started a collection at the college of cans and cash to aid people of Canterbury affected by the recent earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Simon Robinson, earthquake victim".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hold on to your hats. There's a big 7.1 aftershock coming! Ralph Bungard owner of Three Boys Brewery testing the beer that started being brewed the night of the Christchurch Earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tim Williams, who arranged help for Bexley residents, following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sydenham's historic business centre's buildings have been hit hard by the earthquake on September 4".